Category: Republicans

A seismic event in NCGOP congressional primaries?

Posted on April 29, 2012April 29, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Political insiders suggest that there is a VERY good chance that Virginia Foxx could be the ONLY incumbent Republican Member of Congress from North Carolina to survive the

STILL waiting on those federal spending cuts

Posted on April 26, 2012April 26, 2012 by Brant Clifton

You gotta love Congressman Allen West (R-FL). Love him because the mainstream media and the DC establishment HATE him. He says what needs to be said, and he backs up

Moore County: STILL not in 2nd Congressional District ???

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The primary for U.S. House is one month away. The local and state boards of elections tell us that Moore County is NOW in the Second Congressional District. But U.S.

Tea Party, Ellmers headed for a divorce?

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I attended a Tea Party gathering of about 500 people tonight in Moore County. It was a meet the candidates dinner that included leaders and activists from Moore, Lee and

Walter Jones called one of “Ten Most Likely” to lose their House primaries

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Brant Clifton

“The Fix” — The Washington Post’s online politics blog — has tapped North Carolina congressman Walter Jones as one of the top ten incumbents MOST

Mitt Romney: The consummate etch-a-sketch

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Just as many of us allied with The Tea Party were starting to accept we need to suck it up and TAKE our Romney,

What DO Republicans Believe?

Posted on March 21, 2012March 21, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Our thinking is simple: When we act like us, we win. When we act like them, we lose. That’s the thesis put forward by Dick Armey and Matt Kibbe

Campaign 2012: Why Renee Ellmers has SO MANY opponents

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Brant Clifton

David Bass, with Carolina Journal, is looking into why SO many people have filed to run against Congresswoman Renee Ellmers in her first reelection

Worse than a powder keg: How DC politicos have made a mess out of our war on terror

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy — the guy who put the ‘Blind Sheik’, the mastermind of the first World Trade Center Attack, behind bars — has

GOP congressman drinks Occupy / Democrat kool-aid on taxing “the rich”

Posted on March 15, 2012March 15, 2012 by Brant Clifton

AAAARRRRGH. (*That’s my frustration noise.*) We handed these Republicans a gift in 2010, gave them a mandate and specific instructions on how to proceed,